Everything speaks. –James Joyce
Good day to you all. I hope you had a nice weekend.
Today we will practice the summary and use of direct quotation (assigned last week(#4))
. Some sections were assigned a 350-word "instructional" essay using process mode and for those sections that is what we will address first. Time permitting the class will also write a short midterm essay on a topic to be assigned.
Summary/Response:
Make sure that you have the author’s name and the title of the piece. If you are working with something
that is part of a larger work, as for example a chapter in a book, you should indicate that and include
the title of the whole work.
The author P.M. Forni used both process description and cause/effect mode to argue that in the interests of civility we ought to think well of others, as a matter of practice, because in doing so we encourage people to be and do their best, including ourselves. “Believing that they are good, I want to be good for them,” he writes.
Your personal thoughts and feelings as regards the ideas expressed or the author's sentiments should be included along with accurate summary of his ideas and sentiments. You might include a story of your own on the subject addressed to develop the response material.
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Midterm Essay to be given over second half of class (#5). |
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